California Institute of the Arts Overview

California Institute of the Arts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Valencia, California. CalArts is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is California Institute of the Arts Known For?

• CalArts has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 7 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at CalArts.
• During a recent academic cycle, 46% of the faculty were full-time.
• The average CalArts student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is California Institute of the Arts?

Contact details for CalArts are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	24700 W Mcbean Pky, Valencia, CA 91355-2397
Phone:	661-255-1050
Website:	www.calarts.edu

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How Do I Get Into CalArts?

You can apply to CalArts online at: https://calarts.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for CalArts

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	3
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into CalArts?

With an acceptance rate of 25%, CalArts is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 29% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 24%, and the acceptance rate for women is 25%.

Can I Afford California Institute of the Arts?

The overall average net price of CalArts is $58,506. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At CalArts, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $9,981 a year. That adds up to $39,924 over four years for those students.

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California Institute of the Arts Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 762 undergraduate students at CalArts, with 665 being full-time and 97 being part-time.

There are also 404 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 665 full-time undergraduates at CalArts, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of California Institute of the Arts students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	58
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	97
White	247
International Students	152
Other Races/Ethnicities	76

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at California Institute of the Arts. At this time, 30 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 54 countries are represented at CalArts. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Canada.

California Institute of the Arts Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Music	43	40	2	85
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	28	38	0	66
Drama & Theater Arts	36	19	0	55
Graphic Communications	35	15	0	50
Fine & Studio Arts	19	25	0	44
Computer Software & Applications	7	19	0	26
Dance	13	8	0	21
Writing Studies	0	20	0	20
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	16	0	16
Design & Applied Arts	12	0	0	12
Cultural Studies & Analysis	0	7	0	7
Arts & Media Management	0	3	0	3
Other Visual Art	0	2	0	2
TOTAL	193	212	2	407

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.